
Mask Together For Business
Let’s help businesses thrive in Gaston County.
By wearing face masks, we can all help restore local jobs, our economy, and have our favorite restaurants and shops quickly return to business as usual.

Mask Together For Family
Let’s protect the health and safety of our families.
Young children and older adults are at risk of contracting the virus, especially those with compromised health conditions. Protect your loved ones by wearing a mask!

Mask Together For Friends
Be a friend and protect those around you by wearing your mask!
Many of those with COVID-19 are unaware they are carrying the virus. It’s estimated that 40% of people with COVID-19 are asymptomatic, but can potentially transmit the virus to others. Those percentages are greatly reduced by wearing a mask!
SlowCOVIDNC App
We need your help to protect our community from COVID-19. You just need to follow three easy steps:
- Download the SlowCOVIDNC app for free from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.
- Enable Bluetooth and Exposure Notifications.
- Opt-in to receive notifications.
Play it Safe, Gaston!
There are plenty of reasons to play it safe this season. Who are you playing it safe for? Family, friends, and local businesses need our help.
When planning to host a holiday celebration, you should assess current COVID-19 levels in your community to determine whether to postpone, cancel, or limit the number of attendees. If you are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, get tested.
You can wear a mask, wait 6 feet apart, and wash your hands often throughout the season to play it safe for businesses, family and friends. These simple, yet powerful actions can drastically slow and reduce the spread of COVID-19 and the flu.
Mask Meter
Activities by Risk Level
Roll over the card below to see the risk.
1
- Shopping Online
- Home Exercise
- Zoom
- Attending a virtual church service
- Shopping Online
- Virtual doctor’s visit
- Home exercise
2
- Takeout
- Drive Through Christmas Town USA
- Pumping gasoline
- Curbside or takeout food
- Drive through ChristmasTown USA with your family
- Walking at Rankin Lake with a household member
3
- Snow Tubing
- Grocery Shopping
- Hiking
- Socially distanced snow tubing
- Grocery shopping
- Staying at a hotel
- Hiking with a friend at Crowder’s Mountain
4
- Medical Office Visit
- Retail Shopping Outdoor
- Medical office visit
- Retail shopping
- Working in someone’s home (cleaning, home repair services)
- Outdoor dining on your favorite Gaston County patio
5
- Taxi Service
- Shopping
- Church Outdoors
- Zoo
- Taxi or ride-sharing service
- Shopping at a mall
- Attending church outdoors
- Visiting a zoo
Risks vary depending on: size of space, time of interaction, crowd size, and forceful exhalation (like sneezing or singing).
ALWAYS wear a mask when around others outside of those you live with.
6
- Small Gathering
- Self Serve Parties
- Orchards
- Small outdoor gathering with friends
- Public restrooms
- Self-serve food parties - Self Serve Parties
- Visiting orchards or tree farms
7
- Indoor Dining
- Hair Salons
- Crowded Parade
- Indoor dining
- Hair or nail salons
- Hugging or shaking hands
- Attending crowded parades
8
- Small Wedding
- Gym
- Crowded Store
- Attending a small wedding or funeral
- Working out at a gym
- Shopping at crowded stores
- Visiting with grandchildren who have been in school/daycare
9
- Air Travel
- Indoor Holiday Party
- Sports
- Air travel
- Attending an indoor holiday party
- Using public transportation
- Playing contact sports
10
- Bars & Nightclubs
- Indoor Music Concert
- Bars & nightclubs
- Attending a worship service at full capacity
- Attending an indoor music concert
- Going to a large sporting event
Who is impacted most in Gaston County?
Young adults (20-39) make up 37% of our cases
Over half of cases are individuals 39 and younger
Latinx 1 out of 4 cases
African Americans 1 out of 4 deaths
89% of cases are under the age of 65 (or 0-64)
29% of deaths connected to outbreaks at long-term care facilities
*Gaston County Health and Human Services
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